William davis



(No Model.) I

BUGGY T011. 1 No. 877,80 Patented-Feb. 7,1 88,

NITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM DAvI s, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

BUGGY-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,604, dated February 7, 1888.

Application filed January 31, 1887. Serial No. 226,048. (No model.) I

braces which bend on joints to allow it to be.

folded back. These tops are usually supported by four bows, and when the top is stretched out the forward bow is found to be very much inthe way of persons getting in and out of the buggy. To obviate this difficulty the objectionable portion of this front bow-z. 6., from the point at which the side edge of the cover is secured to it to its end has been cutaway or dispensed with and two rigid braces from the second bow made to carry the remaining portion of front bow, to which the cover is attached in a fixed position, thus preventing the collapse of the front or first fold upon the second bow when it is desired to close or turn down the top.

The object of my invention is to enable the whole top to fold when let down as well as when the ordinary front bow, is used. 7

The invention consists, broadly speaking, of stays secured to the second bow and to the upper portion of the front bow before mentioned, at a point which will not interfere with persons getting in or out of the buggy,

first bows, showing point at which Iprefer to pivot or hinge the stay. 'Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of portion of Fig. 1, showing in dotted lines the position of the front how when top is folded up. Fig. 5 is a front detail View of spring-stop, and Fig. 6 a detail of form of plate which I prefer to use to hinge the stay u on.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts, I

A is the front or first bow, to which are secured hinge-plates a, with butting edges a.

B is the second bow, to which are also secured hinge-plates b,with butting edges 6, and the stays O are hinged to these plates a and b and have butting edges a l). These butting edges a a b 12 hold the stay 0 and front bow, A, at the desired angle to each other. I

D D are curved strips of metal, secured at one end to the hinge-plates b, and terminating. in spring-jaws dd, a shoulder, d being formed on the upper edge of d. Both these jaws d d, as shown in Fig. 4:, pass through the slot 0, and the stop at engages with the edge of this slot, thus locking the stay 0.

- All that is necessary, when it is desired to fold in thefront part of the cover, is to compress the jaws d d, by which the stay 0 is released, and with the front bow, A, is folded back against the second bow in the position shown in the dotted lines, Fig. 4.

I am aware that in Patent No. 270,195, grantedon January 2,1883,to David G.Wyeth, a cut-away front bow is shown; but the connection of this with the second bow is by means of stiff brace-rods ,rigidly attached to both, so that the relative position of these two bows can never be changed,nor the part of the top covering between them be folded up, and I therefore disclaim this construction.

What I claim is as follows:

1, In a folding buggy-top,'the combination 7 of the following elements, Viz: the' front'bow cut away below cover and always radial to.

pivot-point of second bow, and rigid stay pivthe second bow and cut-away first bow and oted both to first and second how, all as herein stay connecting same, of curved locking-strip, [0 set forth. with spring-jaws passing through slot in stay,

'2. The combination of the front bows,A, secall as and for the purposes set forth. 5 0nd bows, B, and rigid stays O, hinged to plates WILLIAM DAVIS.

a and b on first and second bows, all as and Witnesses: for the purposes set forth. OWEN M. EVANS, 3. In a buggy-top, the combination, with W. P. MOFEAT. 

